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foreignism definition

☆ for·eign·ism (fôr′in iz′əm, fär′-)

noun

a foreign idiom, mannerism, custom, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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